Hair transplant on his bald head gives away murder accused on the run since 2016

Delhi police on Thursday nabbed Mohit Wadhwa, a murder accused in Dwarka. Accused of murdering a man and dumping his body in a canal, Wadhwa had been at large since 2016.

Mohit Wadhwa was first arrested in 2008 from his native town of Hisar in Haryana (Representative Image)&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspThinkstock

New Delhi: One in the hand is better than two in the bush, the belief held out to be true for a history-sheeter who was arrested by police in the national capital, reportedly after he underwent a complete appearance overhaul. The accused, 30-year-old Mohit Wadhwa was arrested by Delhi Police from Dwarka on Thursday.

Deputy Commissioner of police (DCP Dwarka), Anto Alphonse told media personnel that Wadhwa had assumed a fake name and even shaved off his moustache in an attempt to conceal his identity. On the run since January of 2016, Wadhwa also shot at the police while trying to evade arrest but was subdued, added Alphonse.

Another officer familiar with the matter said that the history-sheeter visited a private clinic in Chandigarh on November 20 to get hair transplantation. He paid a sum of Rs 80,000 for the treatment which will now entitle him to the dubious distinction of having the best hairstyle at a Delhi prison for where he will serve time for evading the law on a murder charge.

According to reports, Wadhwa's life in crime began in his hometown of Hisar in Haryana back in 2006. After a prominent local goon attacked his father with a sword during a quarrel, Wadhwa shot at the assailant and killed him before dumping his body in a canal. Arrested in 2008 for his crime, Wadhwa's appeal against his conviction was shot down by the Supreme Court after which he sought parole in January of 2016 which was the last anyone saw of him, until yesterday.